Sunday, 13 January 2013

New Marine Images from Paul Kennedy

Paul Kennedy has been moving on from recent figurative work and last summer spent time revisiting some childhood haunts by the sea. He found a mixed scene with some of the scenes from childhood only memories and replaced by images and colours from a new more industrial age, which present interesting new challenges to the artist. Some things of course remain the same - a fisherman’s weathered face and the old lighthouse at Crinan, while the old world quietly fades away.

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Over the years I've written a lot about nautical matters, mainly for my own amusement. Some of it has been published, but never in any of the mainstream yachting publications, most of which are only interested in articles which promote someone's commercial interest. In fact I have largely given up reading glossy magazines, which mainly seem to recycle tired old stories and have usually given up on any pretensions to accuracy.

This blog started out in 2010 as a place for me to publish my own musings, but I have always been delighted to share the space with anyone who wishes to contribute something on the main themes, the history of yacht and boat design and construction, technical issues, anecdotes and images. This has resulted in my receiving a great deal of material, from historical data to family reminiscences that in most cases would eventually have been lost.

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I am keen that this blog should be available as a place where all sorts of nautical material with a more or less Scottish connection can be published and am happy to post items sent in by others. If you wish to contact me please do so on ewangkennedy@gmail.com